Carter is not the answer to our offensive problems.

Our D is fine.

Our offense is last in the league.

We need a lot more than just Carter.

We need a system change in my opinion. Or at least tweaking.
- StayTunedMTC

Your offense should be fine you have Richards, Carter, Kopitar, Penner, Gagne, Brown Clifford, and Williams.... That's more offense than almost every team in the league.

BURKE has Band aid players to give up ...why the LEAFS front runners..
- Canuckfan2006

I know Leaf fans will hate me for this but I agree with this.

I dont see the Leafs with enough roster talent to absorb any big moves that will be beneficial to their club this season or next.

I am a Sabres fan and I know very well 2 players they rely on for offensive output.

Toronto is going to have to get "roster better" in the offseason.

They just dont have enough bullets in the chamber to get into a bidding war with to many teams at this years deadline. I mean in all reality , what GM wants any roster player that Toronto can actually afford to give up without hurting their chances now? I cant think of one.

Burke should be looking to shore up that goaltending position if possible and that is where 100% of his attention should be if he is serious about holding down that 8th spot this season or he can kiss the playoffs goodbye once again since the 2003/04.

Whats the leafs draft pick situation? What picks do we have available for this upcoming year? Can someone please get Burke's number so I can call and ask him whats up? Do you have it, Ek? lol
- steven3266

Toronto doesn't have 3rd,4th or 7th. They do however have NYR's 7th and ANA's 6th.

Per Elliotte Friedman via Twitter, Brown is not available.
- Orange_Crush13

Thats just a rumor

Your offense should be fine you have Richards, Carter, Kopitar, Penner, Gagne, Brown Clifford, and Williams.... That's more offense than almost every team in the league.
- Lipchitz

That's what baffles me with LA, they've got the weapons to score 5+ goals a night, and yet they can't even muster a single goal most nights.. I know they've already changed coaches, but it seems like Sutter isn't doing a good job.

Thats just a rumor


- TerryPegs

EK confirmed?

Your offense should be fine you have Richards, Carter, Kopitar, Penner, Gagne, Brown Clifford, and Williams.... That's more offense than almost every team in the league.
- Lipchitz

They have all of those names but if they just don't work or gel together that well then a change up in certain guys makes sense IMO.

How Brown, your captain, and really good 2 way player becomes the casualty is beyond me.

Penner and Gagne should be on the market but maybe Brown is because he would get the best return. who knows.

There's a reason you're not involved with the league in any which way, Eklund. Business is business and Brown don't fit. He isn't owed anything more than the cheque he already gets for playing a game. Tough break

They have all of those names but if they just don't work or gel together that well then a change up in certain guys makes sense IMO.

How Brown, your captain, and really good 2 way player becomes the casualty is beyond me.

Penner and Gagne should be on the market but maybe Brown is because he would get the best return. who knows.
- JVince117

Well, with Gagne out with a concussion and Penner being a walking time bomb I don't know how much they'd get the Kings.

Bob McKenzie ‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie

IF LAK are no longer considering trading Dustin Brown, as @FriedgeHNIC tweeted, I can most certainly assure you they were.

Seems LA may have backed down after Brown's name got out in the trade rumors.

Well, with Gagne out with a concussion and Penner being a walking time bomb I don't know how much they'd get the Kings.
- JamieS

Ah.. I was just thinking out loud and didn't actually look at the injury report.

Bob McKenzie ‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie

IF LAK are no longer considering trading Dustin Brown, as @FriedgeHNIC tweeted, I can most certainly assure you they were.
- LizzyJo

They have all of those names but if they just don't work or gel together that well then a change up in certain guys makes sense IMO.

How Brown, your captain, and really good 2 way player becomes the casualty is beyond me.

Penner and Gagne should be on the market but maybe Brown is because he would get the best return. who knows.
- JVince117

All those names....sounds like our defense

Well, with Gagne out with a concussion and Penner being a walking time bomb I don't know how much they'd get the Kings.
- JamieS

If he exploded, imagine the mess....all that syrup.

Oilers fans think they can get Bernier for Hemsky straight up. I loled. Thoughts?

Oilers fans think they can get Bernier for Hemsky straight up. I loled. Thoughts?
- clarkysduster

no

Oilers fans think they can get Bernier for Hemsky straight up. I loled. Thoughts?
- clarkysduster

my head hurts from headbutting the desk.

I heard it was Hemsky/Khabby for Bernier which made me laugh harder.

I really can foresee Khabby or Vokoun in Chicago by Monday.

no
- S Kaspar Rollins

Um, I don't know if you know this but hemsky is a dynamic scorer who is a 10 top winger in the leag...bahahahaha.
Damn, I almost go through the whole thing.

my head hurts from headbutting the desk.

I heard it was Hemsky/Khabby for Bernier which made me laugh harder.

I really can foresee Khabby or Vokoun in Chicago by Monday.
- JVince117

If Caps beat the leafs on Sat, maybe they keep trying. They lose, Vokoun might be gone.

my head hurts from headbutting the desk.

I heard it was Hemsky/Khabby for Bernier which made me laugh harder.

I really can foresee Khabby or Vokoun in Chicago by Monday.
- JVince117

Oilers may re-sign Hemsky today, which IMO is stupid but there's a certain argument to be made there...but if a team wants Khabibulin and they don't trade him, well, I don't know wtf.

All those names....sounds like our defense
- clarkysduster

No offense but I don't think that Lupol, Bozak, Kessell, MacArthur, Kulemin, and Grabo, Connolly, Kadri, and Lombardi are held in as high regards for offensive output as Williams, Kopitar, Brown, Gagne, Richards, Penner, Richardson, and Stoll are typically are

No offense but I don't think that Lupol, Bozak, Kessell, MacArthur, Kulemin, and Grabo, Connolly, Kadri, and Lombardi are held in as high regards for offensive output as Williams, Kopitar, Brown, Gagne, Richards, Penner, Richardson, and Stoll are typically are
- JVince117

That's why I said our defense, not our forwards.

Eklund: Dustin Brown Update (and why I feel he deserves better) +Bernier, Jets
- Eklund

"In a similar way Dustin Brown is a captain from a previous coach and Mike Richards has a contract that should keep him in Los Angeles for a long time."

Actually, Brown was picked by Lombardi, not Murray.

If Caps beat the leafs on Sat, maybe they keep trying. They lose, Vokoun might be gone.
- clarkysduster

I'm surprised I haven't heard more from the Semin front.